ExcelToSQL

This a program written in python that take an xls file as a input, generate csv code for each sheet stored, and generate SQL insertion code for a quick databse testing. Some of the cool features including

• checking if the file exist or not and then create or wipe the file if necessary
• check the datatype and parse string and int differently

How to use

• There are three ways to download the file:
  1. Download the repo as a zip.
  2. Download the run.py file only.
  3. Or clone the repo by typing the following command into your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/zhang96/ExcelToSQL

Install the require modules including:

• xlrd
• pandas

Put the spreadsheet file in the folder and name it as data.xls, make sure it ends with .xls not .xlsx.

• There are two ways to run the file:
  1. Run the file IDLE or other IDEs.
  2. Set the directory in the terminal and then type the following command into the terminal

python run.py

#Todo

• Add inline comments
• Code logic optimization
• Support for *.xlsx files insted of only *.xls files.
• Support for other datetypes other thah int and string.
• Eliminate csv intermidiated generation.
• Option to generate all insertion into a single *.sql file.

#Author zhang96

#License MIT, see LICENSE.txt.